Rain began to fall over the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, north of Los Angeles, as the service ended and a military honor guard carried the flower-bedecked mahogany casket from the memorial gathering beneath a large white tent to a nearby grave site on the grounds.
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Clinton’s comments Friday during the former First Lady’s funeral exploded online drawing great anger, pain, and upset among millions who lost loved ones to the disease.
Reagan, 94, died Sunday of congestive heart failure.
Current First Lady Michelle Obama joined former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the front row of for the ceremony. “I admire each of these women”, she said.
‘There is another gal I love who is a nest builder. An event packed with high-profile friends and mourners including other first ladies and our own Diane sawyer and ABC’s Matt Gutman has the story.? When former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw once questioned the hard-luck story of the president’s early life, Brokaw recalled how she was so angry that Reagan’s staff advised him to stay away from the White House until she calmed down.
Carl Schmid, deputy executive director for the AIDS Institute, said the op-ed demonstrates Clinton is seeking to make amends for her initial remarks.
During his Administration, President Obama has signed an order to resume federal stem cell research, announced the Precision Medicine Initiative to enhance our ability to tailor health care and treat diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s, and launched the BRAIN initiative to increase our understanding of how the human brain works. And I think, actually Patti Davis, as moving as she was today, if you really listened to it all, it was clear, she was not a good mother.
Clinton sat down with MSNBC to talk about the former First Lady and praised her for being a gun control advocate and an advocate for Alzheimer’s.
In stark contrast to the overcast skies it was held under Friday, Nancy Reagan’s funeral service included some brighter moments for those in attendance. As president, I promise you that I will not let up until we reach that goal.
As President, I know just how important it is to have a strong life partner, and President Reagan was as lucky as I am.
“I also remember her strength and resolve following the attempted assassination of her husband – something that was so shocking and so awful”, she added.
The couple Wednesday in 1952 after Ronald divorced his first wife, actress Jane Wyman.
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“While I respect her advocacy in other areas including stem cell and Parkinson’s research, Nancy Reagan was, sadly, no hero in the fight against HIV”, Mr Griffin said.
